(written from a Production point of view)
Ray Gilberti is a visual effects camera operator who worked for Industrial Light & Magic on three Star Trek films and the Star Trek: The Next Generation first season episode "Encounter at Farpoint".
Other credits as visual effects camera operator for ILM include Poltergeist (1982), Return of the Jedi (1983), Starman (1984), Back to the Future (1985, starring Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Thomas F. Wilson), Enemy Mine (1985), Willow (1988), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Ghostbusters II (1989), Back to the Future Part II (1989), Hook (1991), In the Mouth of Madness (1994), Mercury Rising (1998), and Dr. Dolittle (1998).
As effects director of photography for ILM he worked on The Mummy (1999) and The Mummy Returns (2001), Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), Galaxy Quest (1999), Space Cowboys (2000), Monkeybone (2001), Pearl Harbor (2001), and Planet of the Apes (2001). Other credits include layout artist on Van Helsing (2004) and camera operator on the drama Retaliation (2006).
Star Trek credits[]
- Star Trek films
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan – Assistant Camera Operator for ILM
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock – Assistant Visual Effects Camera Operator for ILM
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home – Assistant Camera Operator for ILM
- TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint" – Assistant Lighting Camera Operator for ILM (uncredited)